Meet the Liverpool travel agent who's now flying people to their holidays

A Liverpool travel agent who dreamt of learning to fly will soon be piloting holidaymakers to the Caribbean.
Rachel Barrett fell in love with flying at a young age but never acted on it, instead channelling her love of adventure into work as a travel agent.
She booked a flying lesson at Liverpool Airport on a whim and took to the skies most evenings and weekends, building up her flying hours until becoming fully qualified in 2012.
The 28-year-old was working as a retail assistant at Thomson travel in Liverpool city centre when she spotted an advert looking for newly qualified pilots to join... read more

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